The ‘Peace Tree’ – part of East Budleigh’s 2023 Christmas Tree Festival

Salem Chapel, a former Dissenters’ place of worship, lies on the edge of East Budleigh, the village where Roger Conant was born. For many years, the building has hosted a Christmas Tree Festival. 

The first Festival proved so popular that the tradition grew rapidly, progressing from around a dozen trees to over 50 in 2016.  

The 2023 Festival included a ‘Peace Tree’ in recognition of Roger Conant’s role as a peacemaker. Given the Chapel’s name, meaning ‘Peace’ it was a fitting location for the exhibit. 

Created by the village’s Roger Conant Club, the ‘Peace Tree’ was decorated with baubles together with many flags from all over the world, drawing attention in many cases to areas of conflict between pairs of nations.  

On one bauble was a quote from the History of the World written by Sir Walter Raleigh, who was also born in East Budleigh. 

The photo shows a local family at the ‘Peace Tree’.

If you are interested in the history of early America, and Roger Conant as a peacemaker in troubled times you can join the Devon Peacemaker Festival Facebook group at 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/700424602802079

Peacemaker cider

Back in 2018, Budleigh Salterton’s Fairlynch Museum marked the 400^th anniversary of the death of Sir Walter Raleigh, born like Roger Conant in the little village of East Budleigh.  Many toasts were drunk in Raleigh 400 ale, specially made by Dartmoor-based Black Tor Brewery which was honoured with a visit by ‘Sir Walter’ himself.  It’s good to discover this 4.6%  ‘Peacemaker’ medium dry cider, made by Napton Cidery, but sadly in Warwickshire rather than Devon. 

You can read about the visit to Black Tor Brewery made by ‘Sir Walter’ in his own words at

 https://raleigh400.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-merrie-tale-about-ale.html

Peacemaker cider is in what Napton Cidery describes as its award-winning signature range. https://www.naptoncidery.co.uk/

If you are interested in the history of early America, and Roger Conant as a peacemaker in troubled times you can join the Devon Peacemaker Festival Facebook group at 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/700424602802079

 

 

A dish for Roger Conant?

 

  

Back in 2018, Budleigh Salterton’s Fairlynch Museum marked the 400^th anniversary of the death of Sir Walter Raleigh, born like Roger Conant in the little village of East Budleigh. Cookery writer and food designer Rukmini Iyer was commissioned to produce a special dish. What else could it be based on but potatoes? And so Pommes Raleigh was created. And now, as we approach the 400^th anniversary of the city that he founded, it would be nice to see a dish being created to honour Roger Conant. Ideas please!  Click on the comment for the Pommes Raleigh recipe.
 

You can read the recipe for Pommes Raleigh at https://raleigh400.blogspot.com/2018/01/pommes-raleigh.html

 

If you are interested in the history of early America, and Roger Conant as a peacemaker in troubled times you can join the Devon Peacemaker Festival Facebook group at 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/700424602802079